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Letters .Patent No. 85,675, dated Janna/ry 5,1869.

itin-imi IMPROVENIENT IN CULTIVATORS.

V'.Lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

with the front cross-bar D by means of the rods o, as represented. Theserods pass through the front crossbar, but are not fastened thereinclosely.

Letters s are elbow-levers, attached, in the manner shown, to the beamsof the outside plows, the lower ends of which are united with the insideplows respect ively by means of the rods fu.

Letters lw are the pivotal bolts upon which the lcvers s are operated.

To all whomtt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEDRGE W. Kante, of liair-l bury, in the county ofLivingston, and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and valuableImprovement-in Cultivators; and I do herebyfdeclare that thefllowing isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apartpf this specication, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

. 'Figure l, of the drawings, is a representation of a plan view of mycultivator, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof.

My invention relates to that class of cultivators in which theposition'of the plows is regulatedby the hands and feet of the driver,and the object is to provide better means than have heretofore beenemployed to accomplish the end in view.

My invention also provides for moving a part of the plows, whiletheothers remain stationary.

My cultivator is in the usu'al sulky-form, of which letter A are thewheels; but, instead of an ordinaryaXle-tree, I attach the wheels to theframe by means of arms, B, that extend from the s'des of thel framedownward to the hubs, and which respectively furnish bearings for thepins that pass through the wheel-hubs, and become substitutes for anaxle-tree.

Letters O are the' sides of the frame.

Letter ,D is the front cross-bar, and

E is the rear bar, which also serves for the drivers constructed as toserve the purposes of a lifter, a stop, and a spring. It is formed ofone bar, the left-hand end of which (from the drivers seat) is bentdownward and outward, and rests under the left-hand side-piece of theouter frame, in the form of a handle of a crank. It passes through theneap-braces, to the side of which it is rst bent upward, then downward,and passes under the right-hand side-piece in theV manner and formrepresented. on the drawings.

The extreme upright .part of tls lever serves as a handle for thedrivers use, the descending portion of which, pressing aga'nst theinside of the side-piece, serves as a spring, while each extremehandle-shaped end serves as a stop to aid the operator in forcing theplows into-the ground.

The driver upon his seat may have his feet upon the rods c, or upon theupper angle of elbow-levers s, by means of which he can move the insideplows to the right or left, at will. V

The liftinglever l is operated by the drivers hand.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cult-ivator, having lifting-lever l?, elbow-levers s, and rods c- 'ando, when constructed and operating substantially as herein specied.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name,in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. vKRJINGL seat.

The letter F is the neap of the sulky, and

Letters G are braces connected therewith, in the manner represented.on-the drawings.

. Letter H, a cross-bar, extending across the rear ends of braces G, andconnecting the same.

Letters a are the two outside plows, connected respectively, by theirbeams c, with the braces of the neap in the manner shown.

Letters cl are the two inside plows, adjusted, as shown,

by their beams, to the cross-bar H. Witnesses:

These two inside plows are connected together by FRANK PURPLE,

means of theangular brace h, and they are connected GEO. PUTERBAUGH.

The letter l? is the lifting-lever of the cultivator, so

